Sherdil IT Academy
DevOps Engineer Course Outline
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DEVOPS PREREQUISITES:
● Basic IT (Information Technology) Knowledge
● An understanding of networking concepts
● Hardware /Software required
● PC /Laptop with minimum 08 GB RAM and Virtualisation features
● Oracle Virtual Box or VMWare
Course Content(s)
[Link] Topics Training Method
1. Linux Essentials Theory / Hands On Lab
● 01. LINUX ESSENTIALS
● Introduction
● Differences between Windows, OS X, and Linux
● Installation
● File system
● Linux Basic Commands
● Shell scripting
● Directory structure / permission
● Storage / configuration
● Archiving and compression
● System monitoring tools
● Job scheduling
● Services
● Rpm / yum
2. GIT Theory / Hands On Lab
● Version Control System
● Git Introduction
● Installation of Git
● Configuration of Git
● Local Repository
● Initialising Git Repository
● Git Basic Example
● Git branch, Git Merge
● Git Diff
● Git Clone
● Securing Git using ssh-keys
● Git Remote Repository
● Git Logs
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3. Docker Theory / Hands On Lab
● Introduction to Docker
● Install & Setup Docker on Linux
● Remove, Downgrade, Upgrade
● Storage & Logging driver
● Docker Registry
● Docker Images
● Docker Containers
● Docker Diagnose
● Docker file
● Docker Compose
● Docker Swarm
● Docker Stack
● Docker Networking
● Docker Services
● Docker Volume
● Docker Swarm vs Kubernetes
4. Kubernetes Theory / Hands On Lab
● Kubernetes and its importance
● Background & future
● Need of Kubernetes & Big picture
● What is Kubernetes for
● Micro-services, What, Why and How
● Containerisation and Kubernetes
● Docker and Container Lifecycle
● Working with Docker images
4.1. KUBERNETES WALKTHROUGH Theory / Hands On Lab
● Architecture of Kubernetes
● Cluster Architecture
● Kubernetes core concepts
● Overview of other installations’ options
● Kubernetes API primitives
4.2. APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT, CONFIGURATION Theory / Hands On Lab
● Pods, labels/selectors, replication controllers, services, API Services and other
network primitives
● Deployments, jobs, and services
● Declarative vs imperative mode
● Getting Started with YAML
● Interacting with kubectl
4.3. OBSERVABILITY & MAINTENANCE Theory / Hands On Lab
● Pods health checks
● Readiness/Liveness Probe
● Understand how to monitor applications
● Manage application logs
● Use label selectors to schedule Pods
● Understand how resource limits
4.4. APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT & LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT Theory / Hands On Lab
● Understand Deployments and how to perform rolling updates and rollbacks
● Know various ways to configure applications
● Know how to scale applications
● Understand the primitives necessary to create a self- healing application
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4.5. STORAGE / PERSISTENCE Theory / Hands On Lab
● Understand persistent volumes and know how to create them
● Understand access modes for volumes
● Understand persistent volume claims primitive
● Understand Kubernetes storage objects
● Know how to configure applications with persistent storage
4.6. SERVICES & NETWORKING Theory / Hands On Lab
● Understand the networking configuration on the cluster nodes
● Understand Pod networking concepts
● Understand service networking
● Deploy and configure network load balancer
● Know how to use Ingress rules
4.7. TROUBLESHOOTING BEST PRACTICES Theory / Hands On Lab
● Troubleshoot application failure
● Troubleshoot control/worker plane failure
● Troubleshoot networking
4.8. BONUS TOPICS Theory / Hands On Lab
● Managed Kubernetes
● Getting Started with Kubernetes on EKS
● Guide to pass CKAD / CKA exam
5. Jenkins Theory / Hands On Lab
● Introduction
● Download and Install Jenkins
● Jenkins Configuration
● Jenkins Plugins
● Security Management
● Freestyle jobs
● Integration of Jenkins with GIT
● Build Web via Code
● Building a Jenkins Pipeline (CI/CD)
6. Ansible Theory / Hands On Lab
● About Ansible
● How to Install Ansible
● Configuring SSH and Sudo for Ansible
● The Ansible Configuration File
● Setting Up the Ansible Inventory
● The Ansible Command
● The Shell and Command Modules
● Ansible course summary
V1.3 (September 2024)